Northeast Recycling Council Makes Push for Minimum Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Requirements in Region

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Takeaways:

  • Nonprofit organization, Northeast Recycling Council has proposed a bill which would require producers of plastic products to manufacture them with a minimum amount of post-consumer recycled plastic.
  • These products would include trash bags, takeout bags, and non-durable containers (such as those used for household cleaning and personal care products).
  • To understand the effect this would have- last year Palmolive relaunched its Palmolive Ultra Dish Soap 100% post-consumer recycled plastic which helped them divert over 5200 tons of plastic from the landfill.

 

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